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glockman55 Super Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:04 am Post subject: What Accent do you have? |
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Jack Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:13 am Post subject: Re: What Accent do you have? |
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Got me, too.
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Bushmaster Super Member
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1895ss Super Member
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Dimitri Super Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:13 pm Post subject: Re: What Accent do you have? |
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You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop." |
I always lived near the great lakes, never more then 45 minutes from one of the lakes actually.
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Bushmaster Super Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:43 pm Post subject: Re: What Accent do you have? |
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Hey...That's the one they said was mine Dimitri...
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wncchester Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:22 pm Post subject: Re: What Accent do you have? |
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OK, so it pegged me as a southerer but it says noting about my accent. Actually, I don't think is have one. But some other folks do sound funny. Always wondered why they didn't speak plain English, like me and my family/friends. ???
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Dimitri Super Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:25 pm Post subject: Re: What Accent do you have? |
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Thats what I got too Bushmaster,
Funny thing is people I know have probably listed every European accent as being mine at one time or another. Some odd ball accents were mentioned to date.
Apparently the mix of a accent I got from speaking English, French and Greek throws people off.
Dimitri
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moose2 Super Member
Joined: Mar 19, 2005 Posts: 707 Location: North Idaho
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:13 pm Post subject: Re: What Accent do you have? |
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Looks like it might have been correct. Said I was from the Inland North.
A couple miles North, I would have been in Canada, then I guess I would have been in the Inland South. Didn't know a couple of miles made all that much differece.--tr
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Gil Martin Super Member
Joined: Jan 28, 2005 Posts: 1837 Location: Schnecksville, PA
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:32 pm Post subject: Re: What Accent do you have? |
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Interesting. They pegged me as having a Philadelphia accent. Right on. All the best...
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tracker Super Member
Joined: Nov 08, 2006 Posts: 1175 Location: Manitoba, Canada
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Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:38 am Post subject: Re: What Accent do you have? |
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Said I was midland...maybe Pennsylvania, geez maybe I talk funny for a Canadian eh?
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Bushmaster Super Member
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Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 3:56 pm Post subject: Re: What Accent do you have? |
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Are you Canadians finding out that you are more American then you thought? Well glory be...
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